Academic Projects
This page contains summaries of several projects I worked on during my college tenure. Enjoy!
As a final project for my Principles of Radiation Detection course, each student was tasked with the assignment of creating a radiation detection device with the capabilities of detecting either a certain type of radiation or multiple types of radiation. At the end of the assignment, each person was to present his or her methods of detection, as well as evidence of the device’s success at detecting radiation.
During my first semester at K-State I had the opportunity to work on a project in my graphics class that required that I reverse engineer a vise. Though a vise itself is a simple machine, the project extended much further than our knowledge of the mechanics of a vise. The project required I apply all the knowledge I had accrued throughout graphics of engineering standards and of the modelling software, SolidWorks.
During the 2019 Spring semester I had the opportunity to incorporate finite element analysis into two of my school projects, as well as into a project during my 2019 summer internship. Finite element analysis encompasses the methods by which problems are solved by breaking them down into small pieces that can then be solved analytically using an appropriate approximation.
During my Written Communication for Engineers course, I was tasked, with a group, to create a proposal for improvements to Aggieville, a business district in Manhattan, KS. Our goal was to propose changes that would make a positive impact on Aggieville without destroying the historical value of the district. As a group we would present our ideas to our peers, including any schematics we created as well as the cost of our endeavors.